r/instant_regret peaks Mondays 1am-3am UTC
r/instant_regret was created on June 30, 2014, making it 11 years and 9 months old and one of the older subreddits on Reddit. With 4,530,531 members, this is a large and well-established subreddit with significant reach and influence on Reddit.
r/instant_regret is slowly growing, with 2,578 new members in the last 30 days.
r/instant_regret shows moderate engagement relative to its size, with an average of 3310.1 upvotes per post across its 4,530,531 members. The community is primarily content-consumption focused, with a comment-to-upvote ratio of 0.07. To reach the Hot section of r/instant_regret, posts typically need at least 678 upvotes, reflecting the community's activity level.
Posts on r/instant_regret receive an average of 217.8 comments, indicating a community that primarily engages through upvoting content. Posts tend to be appreciated more through voting than through discussion in the comments.
Based on an analysis of 10 top posts from the past week, Monday is the most active day with 4 posts reaching the top, while Friday sees the least activity with 1 posts. Weekday activity is higher than weekends, suggesting a more professionally-oriented community.
The peak posting hours are around 1am UTC (2 posts), 5am UTC (2 posts), and 4am UTC (2 posts). The quietest hours are 3pm UTC, 5pm UTC, and 3am UTC, with only 1-1 posts each reaching the top during these times.
Weekly breakdown: Monday (4), Tuesday (0), Wednesday (3), Thursday (2), Friday (1), Saturday (0), Sunday (0) posts reaching the top.
r/instant_regret currently has 4,530,531 subscribers. Over the past 30 days, the community has grown by 2,578 members (0.06%), averaging 83 new subscribers per day. This growth rate places r/instant_regret in the top 61% of all tracked subreddits.
Over the past 90 days, r/instant_regret has gained 10,507 subscribers (0.23%). Since tracking began 623 days ago, the community has added 57,678 total subscribers. Growth has been accelerating recently compared to the longer-term trend.
r/instant_regret is slowly growing, with 2,578 new members in the last 30 days.
r/instant_regret has 4,530,531 subscribers as of April 2026.
The best time to post on r/instant_regret is Mondays 1am-3am UTC, based on analysis of top-performing posts from the past week.
r/instant_regret is slowly growing, with 2,578 new members in the last 30 days.
r/instant_regret was created on June 30, 2014, making it 11 years old.
Posts on r/instant_regret typically need at least 678 upvotes to reach the Hot section.
r/instant_regret is a Reddit community with 4,530,531 subscribers. The community describes itself as: "Instant Regret (in'-stint rē-gret') n. a subreddit dedicated to deliberate actions that unexpectedly lead to undesirable consequences and horrible results; things which may cause someone to..." The best time to post on r/instant_regret is Mondays 1am-3am UTC. Posts receive an average of 3310.1 upvotes and 217.8 comments. The minimum upvotes needed to reach the Hot section is approximately 678. The subreddit is adding approximately 83 new members each day. Founded 11 years ago, r/instant_regret is tracked and analyzed by RedditList as part of its comprehensive database of over 106,350 subreddits.
Last updated: 2026-04-22 20:35:27